Otterbein Review Oct 12, 1914

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WESTERVILLE,

VOL. VI. ENJOY

Monday evenina was fair and plea ant, a joyful forecast of coming event , when the jolly ophomores started to pu h. Four stalwart horses pulled the two hay wagons to the push and everybody kept' th\ngs going by boo ting instead of knocking. Altogether, the cla of '17, went along at a lively pace, and their peed was equalled only by their exuberant pirits. All along th~ ~ay, they rou ed the quiet country fofk with wild cries of . " " ophomores, " "Y ea, Ott er b em, and "O. U. will 1-)inetoniaht." In thi they were greatly aided by the enthu ia"Stic chaperone , Profe or McCloy and Miss Gegner, who bowed their Otterbein pirit by lu ty cheer . Round Stone Hollow wa the goal of the merry-maker , and ir wa accorded many exclamations of deli ht when finally reachen It i an ideal place f r a picnic of any kind, with it hill and valley , tree and round tones from jts name. By which it get moonlight ·tl1-eplace wa beautiful and the brio-ht camp-fire heightened the plea ure f the crowd. valley near ,a bia hill wa cho en a a proper lace t;, pu h and it proved excellent fo ame , £ea and peech6 . ince the boy and o-irl comer und- a L.no- way to get t the tone they were quite hollow, and c n equently enjoyed to the full the _picnic lunch. The cider wa e pecia!Jy appreciated, though mar hmall w proved "' clo e econd in fav r. The feature f the eveni;1g wa Flo ie Broughton ancient hi~tory f the- cla of 17, a story of the fre hman trial and triumph . Many bi.t of fact and -fiction were recorded one of them beina the tale of Teddy Ro who enj yed the water o well. He entered 1um reek on after reacbfoo- Ot±erbejn a1Jd even now i alway hunting Corl Other intere ting toa t were, o-iven by (Continued on page ix:.)

OCTOBER

12, 1914.

No. 4.

VICTORY DEDICATES NEW FIELD

PUSH

Round Stone Hollow Was Scene of Merry Class Party.

OHIO,

OTTERBEIN

Outplay

DEFEATS MUSKINGUM IN GAME OF THE SEASON.

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ampbell chri tened the new gridiron ,vith one of hi l O v~ . k.1ck·o ff w I11c . h f e l'1 anno. . near the v1. 1tor 10 yard !me. • 11u krno-um aw at once that they were U!) ao-ain t unexpected . . trength and re rted to ktckmg. fter a few mirtute ot tubb.or:i fio-htino- n both ide and with the. ball in the middle of the field in po e sion of Otter:bein, Watts · k.m an d wngo-lmg · · t ok tb e pig to and fr darted 30 yard thr ugh a br:oken field of awetricken -< pponent . Then Lino-rel hit the line for a touchdown. 10 minutes and 3 econd after the whi tie had blown, "Chuck" kicked the goal. The next count. came a few minute ~fter tbe sec• ond quarfer had beo-un. Lino-rel again took the ball over for 6

First "Pep" Meeting Results in Much Enthusiasm.

Promptly at seven o'clock the spirited youths of Otterbein Uni~ ver ity began to be in tune for the rally held ·weclnesday night. The crowd gathered on the corpoint· after a 15 yard run aroun-1 ner of Grove street and College right end. Again in this quart.er avenue and from there they Otterbein worked the ball up t,..1 marched to State street headed within 5 yards of Mu -kingum's by the college band. The progoal but failed to hove it over. ce sion was conducted by the a everal long runs by 'Watts si tant cheer leader, A. W. and Lingrel in the third period really. On the public square, brought the ball to. the 2 yard after a hort drill, a circle was line where Otterbein fumbled formed and a few yell tarted However the main program for the evenand lo t a touchdown. our boy kept the ball in safe ing. territory and after a erie of terThe next important feature 0{ rific plunge by the backfield in the celebration was the erenadthe la t quarter, Watts finally ing of Cochran Hall. The long darted around rio-ht end for the line of boy marched up to the third and la t touchdown. door and then upon the kindne s Ou'r men certainl did_ C011_21!• f the- ja11.itor wer ad mitt d :it back strong from the two previ- the ide door. The reception n tingino- defeat . Tbe much wa n't any too cordial however touted Mu kingum backfield a broken receiving line was form,cau ed our line little worry and ed with as many in one place as only a few time did they threat- could tand ~n one door. Then en a touchdown. rt of white apron Garge and formino- a Booth were main upport . Our brio-ade they mar heel to the. backfield worked like a huge chapel. ·battecing ram and jammed Here after a rt f a f otball through the heavy Mu kingum fire drill ace mpanied by the line f r a h"gh as 3 5 ya rd at. a bra band, th audience was clip. Watt and Lingrel · were eated and the yelli11g and. sono-s fairly e pecially fine on offen e. Their c mmenced. 'fhe wall lono- run ranging between 15 an,l vibrated with the pirit of enthupecta- 1·a 111 a the " ea 35 yard were certainly tterbein ' do<l2"ing was an d "T earn ra h " fill e d tJ·1e pl ace. cuJar. Watt's ~ o-reatly handicapped• by a muddy Cl1eer leader Kline led in the • field · Campbell mio-hty ono- and yell a i ted by W. . I'did ome fi Id h 1 i.. t1e e a u d J B arver Mr dine ta kJ1no-. O Id h b bl ea Y an ·· · · · H· been dry he wou f _avfepro a Y D. Bercaw, after introducing · elf a a 'h e n - pecked' ,.1ushow '1 u ome a dihi ancy f • pa s- him · 1ing. Pl tt, reo-ar e ? evera 1 15and-pre ided at the rally. The injurie '.J ran th e team ti~e. Our fir t to peak wa Profe or D. e nd hawed a marked unprove- L. Burke. Tn the cour e of hi m.ent over the Ohio aame. ap- remark he aid that that peech tain Elliott watched the o-ame wa not tJ1ru t upon him but that " ,,,_ from the ide line , highly elated he believed in football and wc1_ ove.r th e o-reat ball th e boys play- o-oino- to judo-e the fo tball eaed. on not by the fir t but by the Lingrel Scores. la t of the ea on. "Abe' then Campbell kicked off for tter- told hi dream in the form of a, bein to Monteith who ,-va down- little ballad closing with a and ll1e ed on the 20 yard line. Booth victory for Otterbein punted and the ball wa recover- Mu kingum fellow going back eel by a "11ukingum man about to their bees and cow . (Continued on page five.) (Continued on page six.)~

Heavier Opponents-Captain Elliott Sees Game From Sidelines-Backfield Shaws Great Improvement With Watts and Plott In Harness.

The Otterbein eleven did themselve- proud Saturday afternom1 in the first home game of the seaon and dedicated the new athletic field with a brilliant 20 to l' victory over Muskingum. Muskingum was really lucky to escape with the above core for three times Otterbein wa within five yard of the visitors' goal only to lose the ball by fumbles. A teady rain during the last hal( put all trick stuff out of the que tion and our outweighed team had fo play at odds against the big Muskingum squad. A dry field wnuld have tµid ubtedl doubled the core. But even 20 i 20 more tl1an Mu kino-um had counted on u coring. Our boy, were chock full of "Let' Win'· pirit and they tarted the game in a brisk, snappy fa hion which at once gained for them unlimited upport from the idelines. omething of a celebration wa. the game a it broke the ground· on the new at11letic field. Rootinq- wa e.·ce ent and ur band a feature f r which we ha,e. been

RALLY HELD

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